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In the port of Amburgo a barge supplies electric power produced with GNL to the cruise ships
Ungerer (AIDA Cruises): "we have opened a new chapter of the protection of the atmosphere"
June 1, 2015
Saturday in the port of Amburgo to the AIDAsol cruise ship of the AIDA Cruises company (group Carnival Corporation) moored to a dock of the terminal cruises to the HafenCity is supplied electric power produced with natural gas which liquified within a project pilot for the reduction of the emissions of the ships in the ports that an innovation constitutes world-wise. "With this project pilot for the supply of energy with I use it of the which liquified natural gas to the cruise ships moored in the ports, that it is up to now the only one to the world - has emphasized the president of AIDA Cruises, Michael Ungerer - we have opened a new chapter of the protection of the atmosphere in the port of Amburgo".
Al terminal of the German port the produced electric power with GNL is supplied to the ships from the LNG Hybrid Barge Hammel, a barge of the society Becker Marine Systems di Amburgo that is a real floating electric power plant who produces to energy pairs to 7,5 megawatt graces to a cargo of 15 tons of which liquified natural gas.
Remembering that currently the ships are little that as the AIDAsol can receive electric power from barges as the Hammel, the managing directors of Becker Marine Systems, Dirk Lehmann and Henning Kuhlmann, have evidenced that however, "in order to improve the quality of the air in the harbour cities, it is favorable that all the modern ships are able to be able to make in future it".
In the programs of Becker Marine Systems there is also the next supply of electric power produced with GNL to ships of other type, as portacontainer, to rinfusiere and oil tankers.
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Saturday in the port of Amburgo to the AIDAsol cruise ship of the AIDA Cruises company (group Carnival Corporation) moored to a dock of the terminal cruises to the HafenCity is supplied electric power produced with natural gas which liquified within a project pilot for the reduction of the emissions of the ships in the ports that an innovation constitutes world-wise. "With this project pilot for the supply of energy with I use it of the which liquified natural gas to the cruise ships moored in the ports, that it is up to now the only one to the world - has emphasized the president of AIDA Cruises, Michael Ungerer - we have opened a new chapter of the protection of the atmosphere in the port of Amburgo".
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